Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Golden Valley/Musselshell
- When
- December 15, 4:35 PM MST
- Where
- Golden Valley/Musselshell forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.497, -108.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Montana, December 15, 2000
Badger Peak wind chill...-52Cannonball Creek...-45Miles City...-44Little Big Horn...-44Wolf Mountain...-49Big Horn Mountain...-41Big Snowy Mountain...-66Kilo...-62Knowlton...-58Camp Crool...-42Baker...-62
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS BYZ wrote it up.
Badger Peak wind chill...-52Cannonball Creek...-45Miles City...-44Little Big Horn...-44Wolf Mountain...-49Big Horn Mountain...-41Big Snowy Mountain...-66Kilo...-62Knowlton...-58Camp Crool...-42Baker...-62
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
13 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Custer
- When
- December 15, 4:43 PM MST
- Where
- Custer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Big Horn
- When
- December 15, 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Yellowstone
- When
- December 15, 5:02 PM MST
- Where
- Yellowstone forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Custer
- When
- December 15, 5:24 PM MST
- Where
- Custer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rosebud
- When
- December 15, 5:26 PM MST to 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Rosebud forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.230, -106.731 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Big Horn
- When
- December 15, 5:32 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Big Horn
- When
- December 15, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fallon
- When
- December 15, 5:54 PM MST
- Where
- Fallon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.334, -104.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Custer
- When
- December 15, 6:24 PM MST
- Where
- Custer forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.253, -105.572 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fallon
- When
- December 15, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Fallon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.334, -104.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Carter
- When
- December 15, 6:55 PM MST
- Where
- Carter forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.517, -104.536 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Fallon
- When
- December 15, 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Fallon forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 46.334, -104.417 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- Winter Storm in Utah, December 15, 2000
- Storm Surge in Washington, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Oregon, December 15, 2000
- High Wind in Washington, December 15, 2000
- Blizzard in North Dakota, December 15 to 16, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Iowa, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Ice Storm in Missouri, December 15, 2000
- Winter Weather in Illinois, December 15, 2000
- Ice Storm in Illinois, December 15 to 16, 2000
- Blizzard in Montana, December 15 to 16, 2000
More
Every storm in Montana in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Montana, December 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5166523, 5166519, 5166520, 5166525, 5166517, 5166516, 5166522, 5166521, 5166518, 5166526, 5166524, 5166527, 5166528.